Buggy-top



(No Model.)

P. HILL.

BUGGY TOP.

No. 389,222. Patented Sept. 11, 1888.

WITNESSES,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS IIILL, OF SANDUSKY COUNTY, OHIO.

BUGGY-TO P.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 389,222, dated September ll, 1888.

Application filed Api-i114, 1888. Serial No. 5270.671. (No modei To aZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS HILL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sandusky county, in the State of Ohio, have inyented certain new and useful Improvements In Buggy-Tops, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to a device for rais- Ing and lowering the top of a buggy from the Inside; and its object is to provide a device of this character possessing advantages in point ot simplicity, durability', inexpensivcness, and general eiiciency.

In the drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of a buggy-top embodying my invention,parts being broken away to show the construction. Fig. 2 1s a perspective View of the device removed. Fig. 3 is adetail sectional view of the connection between the braces and the raising and lowering device.

Corresponding parts in the figures are denoted by the same letters of reference.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a buggy-top comprising the ordinary bows, (t, and the side and top braces, (dei, respectively.

B designates au operating-rod, preferably approximately U-shaped, and provided at its ends with oppositely-disposed circular projections b b, having transverse eyes or perfo rations b b. This rod is disposed within the top of the buggytop, and has secured in the eyes or perforations horizontal pins O O by means of setscrews c c. The pins C pass through oppositely-disposed eyes or perforations a in one of the bows a. Plates D D are provided upon the pins O, one at each side of the bow, having concave inner faces con for|n Ing to the contour of said bow,while the outer faces of the inner plates have circular raised portions d d, against which the projections b restI Collars E E are provided upon the pins, havlng tapering central projections, e e. The plates D and collars E are secured to the bow by bolts or screws c c, and the leather top is disposed between the outer plates and the collars. The outer portions of the pins pass through the inner ends of the top braces, through the adjoining ends of the side braces, and are provided at their outer screw-th readed ends with nuts c c'. The portions of the pins which engage the side braces are formed angular, and are located in corresponding eyes or recesses iny said braces, so that when the barB is operated the braces are carried thereby.

rlhe operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

The projecting arms of the operating-bar are normally rearwardly inclined and at an angle to the side braces, and when it is desired to lower the top the said bar is drawn forward, thus throwing the top sections ofthe side braces back and out of locked position. To raise the top, it is drawn up and the operating-bar reversed, thereby locking the top in this position.

It will be obvious that the above described device can be applied to any buggy-top by removing the pins connecting the braces and substituting the pins above described; and by the employment of my device the top can be raised or lowered effectively from the interior of the vehicle.

It will be further obvious that by unlocking one of the side braces from the exterior the corresponding brace upon the other side is also unlocked, thus permitting the top to be lowered from either side.

I claim as my invention-- l. An attachment for vehicletops,compris ing an operating bar and pins secured at its ends and adapted to be rigidly secured to the side braces ofthe vehicle-top, substantially as set forth.

2. An attachment for vehicle-tops,comprising an operating-bar and pins secured at its ends adapted to be passed through one of the bows at each side 'through the top braces, substantially as set forth.

3. An attachment for vehicletops,co1nprising an operating-bar, pins secured at its ends and adapted to be passed through one of the bows at each side, through the top braces, and rigidly secured to thc side braces, and plates secured at each side of said bows, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

' FRANCIS HILL.

Witnesses:

GEo. A. Hoor, CLARENCE HILL. 

